A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees

2025/08/06 by Wyatt Arnold, Jonathan Gewirtzman, Peter A. Raymond +7 · 2 voices · 7 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · #Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions #Plant Parasitism and Resistance #Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity

paper · doi:10.1038/s41586-025-09316-0

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Discussions

• 🩳 Das Paper zeigt: Die inneren Holzbereiche lebender Bäume sind keine sterilen Räume, sondern komplexe Lebensräume mit ökologischer Bedeutung. Damit öffnet sich ein neues Feld für die Umweltmikrobiol [bsky, 42 points, 2 comments]
• A diverse and distinct microbiome inside living trees doi.org/10.1038/s415... '...there is approximately 1 bacterial cell for every 20 plant cells within the wood of the average living tree... For the [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]